NAKED LOVE by Jewel E Ann-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 28, 2019

What happens when a high-heeled diva goes camping with her sister’s dog?

Avery Montgomery, fashionista and preacher’s daughter, needs a ride from Milwaukee to Los Angeles.

“Make my death quick, and please don’t tie me up. I’m claustrophobic.”

Jake Matthews, diva-hater, agrees to let her tag along on his annual but primitive trek to the West Coast.

“Okay, Princess, I’ll take you to L.A., but your crown won’t make it there in one piece.”

She’s desperate and out of options.
He’s ruthless and out of patience.

Don’t miss this sexy, hilarious, and heart-warming journey of self-discovery and raw … naked love.

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REVIEW: NAKED LOVE by Jewel E Ann is a contemporary, adult, stand alone romance story line focusing on chef Jake Matthews, and twenty-nine year old massage therapist and fashionista Avery Montgomery. We were first introduced to Avery in the author’s UNDENIABLY YOU.

NOTE: NAKED LOVE was originally released as a newsletter serial.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Jake and Avery) NAKED LOVE follows the tempestuous relationship between chef Jake Matthews, and twenty-nine year old massage therapist Avery Montgomery. Avery’s life is about to come crashing down when she discovers she is one of many woman in the life of the man that she loves. Driving cross country to visit her father, with her sister’s dog Swarley in tow, Avery will quickly learn that her father has fallen in love with a woman he met on line, a woman he is about to marry and make his wife. Unprepared for the loss of her business, her home, her car and her money, Avery becomes an unwelcome passenger on a trip back to California with a man who makes her life a living h*ll. Enter chef Jake Matthews, and the man with whom Avery will fall in love. What ensues is the combative relationship between Jake and Avery, and the potential fall-out as Avery’s history with men fractures her tentative truce and relationship with our story line hero.

Jake Matthews takes an immediate dislike to our story line heroine, a woman he determines isn’t worth his time based upon first impressions and past experiences. Jake intends to make Avery’s life miserable at every opportunity including, what I can only describe as over the top behaviour and sometimes thoughtless harassment. Avery Montgomery is caught off-guard as it pertains to Jake’s reaction and dismissive treatment. Vulnerable and broke, Avery is dependant upon Jake for her trip back home but is unprepared for the outdoor adventure Jake is determined to push her through.

The relationship between Jake and Avery struggles in the face of preconceived notions, animosity and Jake’s hostility towards our story line heroine. Jake sees Avery as an entitled princess, and is determined not to care or fall in love but sometimes perception is all in the eye of the beholder. The $ex scenes are passionate and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The colorful secondary and supporting characters include Avery’s sisters Sydney and her husband Lautner (Undeniably You); Sydney and Avery’s father Tom and his new love Deedy; as well as a number of Jake’s friends and acquaintances that will have a direct affect on Avery’s life.

NAKED LOVE is promoted as a heart warming and hilarious story line, a romantic comedy but I struggled to see beyond Jake’s less than positive treatment of, and attitude towards our story line heroine especially the vicious name calling and hostility. The premise is well-written, detailed and engaging; the characters are energetic and dynamic but the author lost me with the hero’s behavior, a behavior I would not tolerate from anyone I knew. Sometimes what one perceives as funny might come across as forced or cruel to another.

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Reviewed by Sandy